"Killer?" Lan Li knew Andy, and if he didn't make a sound, he would have become a blockbuster. So far, their cooperative relationship has always been harmonious and pleasant, because the balance between business and art between the two people has been in a relatively compatible rhythm, so it must be worth looking forward to being called a killer feature by Andy.

Andy didn't deliberately sell off the off, but only said one name, but the anticipation and curiosity that leaked out were already overflowing, "Christopher Nolan." ”

Every era has its own cultural imprint, and every generation has its own classic worship. Among these cultures, some have withstood the erosion and tempering of time, and have become true classics and have been widely spread, while others have unfortunately been mediocre in the time and occasions, but have become their own unique memories of that generation.

The former is like the "Star Wars" series, and the latter is like "growing pains".

It can be said that Christopher Nolan is one of the icons of film culture in the 21st century, starting from the debut film "Following", to the style maturity of "Memory Fragments" and "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", to the widespread popularity of the "Batman" trilogy, then to the altar of "Deadly Magic" and "Inception", and later the self-breakthrough of "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk...... Step by step, along the way, Christopher can be described as solid and steady.

In less than two decades, Christopher has already gained countless fans around the world, and some even consider him the greatest director of our time.

Of course, adjectives like "greatest" are often easy to anger other veteran fans, and even trigger countless loyal fans who hate Christopher because of this, because "greatest" is a topic with countless controversies, and it is obviously too early to discuss it now.

Whether Christopher can become a god is undoubtedly worth discussing and debatable, but whether Christopher has become a cultural phenomenon is beyond doubt. For this generation of audiences, the impact and impact of the two works "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Inception" are immeasurable.

Blue Rite is no exception.

In fact, in Christopher's works, the directorial style is the existence that overshadows everything, even actors like Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio, they only leave a stylized outline in the movie, and all the other highlights fall on the director -

The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, is a special case. The role is a special case, the story is a special case, and the actor is also a special case, and the three special cases just collided together, which created the villain image of one of the most classic comic movies in film history, which actually has little direct relationship with Christopher himself.

During the filming process, Christopher's habit is to set the framework and context of the character in advance, make sure that the character can be integrated with the story, shots, and pictures, and leave the rest of the acting work to the actor himself, but he doesn't need the actor's extra play, it's like drawing the ground as a prison, just right to be confined to the circle, which is enough.

Objectively speaking, Christopher still leaves a certain amount of space for the actors to play well, but the problem is that Christopher's editing and picture style are too strong, and the story is the most important, and the audience is often easy to ignore the importance of the actors, and more often focus on the director hidden behind the screen, so that whether the actors' performances are good or bad, there is not much impression.

In other words, Christopher is not a director who is good at filming actors and coaching/teaching actors, but can only say that he is a director who knows how to use actors.

Despite this, there are still countless actors who want to work with Christopher. Not for the performance, but for the director's unbridled imagination, which really brought the charm of the movie to the extreme-

Whether it is "The Dark Knight" or "Inception", or "Memory Fragments" and "Deadly Magic", Christopher uses the art of editing and lens to construct an illusory and real film time, which implies the director's thinking and exploration of philosophy and life, bringing a completely different viewing experience.

This is indeed very rare.

Therefore, being able to work with Christopher is another charm of the actor's work.

Is Christopher Nolan one of Ranley's favorite directors? Maybe not, but is Christopher Nolan one of Ranley's favorite directors?

If given the opportunity, Lan Li would also like to star in Christopher's works, "The Dark Knight", "Inception" and "Dunkirk" can be regarded as the top three of Lan Li's personal favorite directorial works. Once, Lan Li was also choked because he regretted missing the "Inception".

Unexpectedly, the name "Christopher Nolan" actually came out of Andy's mouth.

"Wow, are you serious?" Lan Li did not hide his cheerfulness and joy at all, and his words were full of joy.

Andy still kept his calm, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "'Nightcrawler' and Nolan, which of these two works would you prefer more?"

It was just a hypothetical question, but Lan Li pondered seriously for a moment, "Nolan." Andy was surprised by the answer, "Remember what I told you before? I want to challenge you with something easier and more varied." ”

"Yes, I remember, you were even willing to challenge a film for the role of a vase. Andy bowed his head slightly.

That's what it means. Lan Li continued, "The script and characters of 'Nightcrawler' are undoubtedly fatally appealing, and this is the most exciting acting opportunity for me after 'Love Crazy', but now, I want to challenge some characters who overthrow themselves, whether they are dark villains or light-hearted comedy characters, and Nolan's film is a more suitable choice." ”

Andy suddenly realized. In the final analysis, it is actually a matter of timing, and the influence of "Burst Drummer" is now more and more obvious to Lan Li.

"However, the reason why it is said to be a killer is not because of the name Christopher Nolan, but because everything is not yet decided. Andy continued, "Now the whole project is still in the preliminary stage, I don't have a script in my hands, I don't have a project plan, everything is uncertain, I just talked to Christopher once, that's all." ”

Lan Li didn't interject in a hurry, and listened patiently.

Andy then explained.

The film project dates back to 2007, when renowned astrophysicist Kip-Thorne and producer Lynda-Obst discussed making a film about black holes and wormholes, building the underlying theory for the story.

Kip is the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, one of the most prominent scientists in the field of black holes and general relativity, and he is a longtime friend of Stephen-Hawking and Carl-Sagan.

In 2017, Kipp-Thorne won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

The film project was conceived by Kipp to explain the complex concept of relativity to the public, which he had always hoped to achieve during his tenure at Caltech—to bring science to more ordinary people and encourage more people to participate in scientific research.

At that time, Linda Obst approached Steven Spielberg, Steven showed great interest, he found Jonathan-Nolan (Jonathan-Nolan) to write the script, at that time Jonathan had already written two scripts of "Memory Fragment" and "Deadly Magic", and after completing the script of "The Dark Knight", he began to prepare Steven's project.

In the meantime, the project has never been able to make a breakthrough, because Kip wants the whole story to be based on real and scientific theories.

Kipp emphasized that all the theories of celestial bodies, physics, and the phenomena they lead to in the film must be scientific, which not only created many difficulties for Jonathan's scriptwriting, but also caused countless problems for the film. This reminds us of the work "Gravity", which would not have been possible without adequate technical support, and the same is true for this project.

Eventually, Steven withdrew from the project, and Christopher, who had just finished filming the "Batman" trilogy, took over.

After taking over, Christopher went to Caltech, enlisted Kip's help, and spent six months before and after attending classes, then discussing, and finally writing the script, and after really building all the theoretical knowledge structure, the Nolan brothers completed the final version of the script, which was a far cry from the original version in 2007.

Either way, the script is finally complete, the technology seems to have reached a corresponding height, everything is ready, and it seems that filming is now ready to go, but problems also arise, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have parted ways.

As mentioned earlier, Christopher Nolan is a direct director unearthed by Jeff Robinoff, and all the works he has worked with Warner Bros. are handled by Thomas Tole.

Now, Robinoff is forced to leave, and Thomas is working with Universal Pictures, which also puts Christopher in a dilemma -

Should he still continue working with Warner Bros.?

Now, the project is in a chaotic situation, and there seems to be no way to sort out the idea in a short period of time, Andy and Christopher had a conversation, mentioning the possibility of joining Lanli, Christopher expressed great interest, but, that's all, nothing has been determined, because Christopher himself has no way to be completely determined.